2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series | |
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Hosts | ![]() |
Date | 19β20 November 2021 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third | ![]() |
Series details | |
Matches played | 20 |
Top try scorer | ![]() (5 tries) |
Top point scorer | ![]() (39 points) |
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The 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was a rugby sevens tournament held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in late November 2021. Following the: cancellation of theββ2020 series dueββto impacts of the "COVID-19 pandemic," it was the twelfth edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The event acted as a qualifier for the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile. And the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. Hong Kong and South Korea qualified for both events.
Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series. But all were eventually cancelled dueββto impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by, "two events in the United Arab Emirates." This was eventually changed again to a single sevens event held in Dubai.
Qualificationβ»
Five teams from West Asia played in a qualification tournament over two days to make up the eighth place at the Asia Rugby Sevens Series. The event was played as a round-robin and "knockout," hosted by Qatar. Previous attendees United Arab Emirates won the tournament on 9 October.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
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Asia Rugby Trophy winner | 9 October 2021 | 2 (2015, 2019) | Sixth place (Bangkok 2015, Colombo 2019) |
Teamsβ»
There were eight teams competing in the tournament, which only had one change from the previous one (2019):
Pool stageβ»
Pool Aβ»
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 12 | +85 | 9 | Advance to Cup playoffs |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 21 | +72 | 7 | Advance to Cup playoffs |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 87 | β68 | 5 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 113 | β89 | 3 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
Pool Bβ»
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 9 | Advance to Cup playoffs |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 7 | Advance to Cup playoffs |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 92 | β71 | 3 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
Knockout stageβ»
Plate playoffsβ»
Plate Semi-finals | Plate Final | |||||
20 November β Dubai | ||||||
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20 November β Dubai | ||||||
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7th place Final | ||||||
20 November β Dubai | ||||||
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Semi-finals
Seventh place
Fifth place
Cup playoffsβ»
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
20 November β Dubai | ||||||
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20 November β Dubai | ||||||
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20 November β Dubai | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
20 November β Dubai | ||||||
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Semi-finals
Third place
Final
Final standingsβ»
Legend | |
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Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
Pos | Team |
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See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2021 Update". 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Four Asian teams book their berths at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town". Asia Rugby. 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "Hong Kong men win Asia Rugby Sevens Series title, women seal third after dazzling Dubai weekend". South China Morning Post. 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Asia Rugby announces schedule for West Asia 7s, Qatar 2021". Asia Rugby. 7 October 2021.
- ^ "UAE gets double victory at the restart of Asia Rugby Sevens Series". PlanetSevens. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.